cy kept mum on the likely date of her return to the country. Mrs. Jonathan’s return date remains uncertain, as the German doctors are not willing to discharge her until full recovery.
The President’s wife was treated for food poisoning for days in Nigeria without any improvement in her condition until she was transferred to the German hospital, where she was diagnosed for appendicitis and subsequently undergone surgery. Sources close to the Presidency told National Mirror that there was no cause for anxiety over her health, saying that she would soon return to the country. When contacted yesterday, her Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Ayo Oshinlu, said: “I don’t have fresh information and nobody is going to put a gun on my head and force me to talk.” On when the First Lady would return to the country, Oshinlu said: “I don’t know, I don’t have any information on that. You don’t expect me to call her and ask her; when are you returning? “Ours is to ensure everything is in order to receive her once her return is made known to us. I do not have fresh information on that.” Sources told National Mirror that Mrs. Jonathan contracted food poisoning in Dubai while another source said she suffered ruptured appendix. While there are divergent views on the nature of her ill-health, Presidency sources confirmed that she had been receiving treatment in a German hospital, Horst Schmidt Klinik, in Wiesbaden.
The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was treated for kidney ailment at the Horst Schmidt Klinik. “The First Lady is in stable health and not in any medical danger,” a Presidency source told National Mirror yesterday. “The First Lady had severe appendicitis and she had undergone surgery. She is in a stable condition.”
The handling of information on the health status of the First Lady by the Presidency is akin to how information on the nature of ailment of the late President Yar’Adua and his whereabouts were treated. Oshinlu said Nigerian media should not rely on online mediums known for peddling falsehood, stressing that “I can tell you authoritatively that the First Lady was not lifted by any air ambulance to anywhere.
All those things are lies.” An impeccable source told National Mirror that the wife of the President successfully undergone surgery for appendicitis in HSK last week. Appendicitis, according to Wikipedia, is a condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix. It is classified as a medical emergency and many cases require removal of the inflamed appendix, either by laparotomy or laparoscopy.
Untreated, mortality is high, mainly because of the risk of rupture leading to peritonitis and shock. Narrating what exactly happened before Mrs. Jonathan was flown out of the country, the Presidency source, who did not want his name mentioned, said Dame Patience actually complained about her health condition and that the Presidency’s health team came quickly to her aid to stabilise her.
The source added that when the efforts proved fruitless, the office of the National Security Adviser, Dansuki Sambo, was immediately contacted on Friday, August 24 to make emergency arrangement for a flight to Italy where she was expected to be treated at a specialist hospital.
The source also disclosed that though conscious efforts were made to airlift the First Lady, getting permit to fly European skies was said to have frustrated the move until sometime around midnight when a positive response was obtained from the German authorities.
The source, however, told National Mirror yesterday that immediately after the green-light, a presidential jet departed Abuja on Saturday, August 25 to Frankfurt with the wife of the President and a few aides who were believed to be very loyal. The source added that upon arrival at Frankfurt, the ailing First Lady was taken to Wiesbaden where she was admitted. He said: “I am aware that she contacted food poisoning in Dubai.
We really can’t say exactly what she ate in Dubai which resulted in the ailment. “But as soon as it was becoming difficult to get her stabilised here, we were advised to fly her to Bologna, Italy, where a particular hospital is said to be good in handling such matters. “Because it was an emergency case and there was no assurance that a permit would be granted for the team to fly European skies that night, we were still thinking of an alternative until word came from the German authorities that we could fly in the next day.
“Calls were made to those asked to be on the alert for a journey to Italy that they would now be flying to Germany. The team left for Frankfurt the next day, Saturday, August 25 and Madam was then taken to Wiesbaden where she is currently undergoing treatment.” Asked why there was no official statement on the matter, another source said:”I really can’t say but there is no truth in the rumour that ‘she underwent any operation. Before she left, the medical team was sure it was food poisoning which came out of what she probably ate in Dubai.
I am not in the media team of the First Lady and therefore would not know why a statement was not issued. “All I know is that the First Lady is recuperating and even shook hands with some of the aides that followed her to Germany before she was admitted. She never flew out in an air ambulance but in an official Presidential jet. “
Another Presidency source though confirmed to National Mirror yesterday that Dame Patience is not in any medical danger, he however denied the food poisoning story emphatically. His words: “She is on vacation and if somebody is on vacation and she decides to see her doctor, I don’t think there is anything wrong in that decision.
“The First Lady is in stable health and not in any medical danger, she has been working all this while and now taking time to rest,” the source added. However, the source would not disclose where Dame Jonathan is taking time to rest during the said vacation or when she is likely to return to the country. “All the stories that she was airlifted in air ambulance and that she is critical ill are not true. She walked into the aircraft by herself unaided,” the source said.
“How will somebody who people say is in very critical health condition or be able to board an aircraft all by herself ?” the source said. There has not been any official statement from the office of the First Lady over the issue since the story broke out during the weekend. But her Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Ayo Oshilu had last Sunday said that Mrs. Jonathan’s foreign trip was just a vacation to take time off to rest and not for any medical treatment.
Horst Schmidt Klinik specialises in the following medical fields: General and Visceral Surgery; Gastroenterology; Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery; Cardiology Neurosurgery; Thoracic Surgery; Trauma, Hand and Orthopaedic Surgery. The hospital has 21 specialist clinics, four institutes and 1027 beds. It offers its patients a very sophisticated and high quality range of treatments for the necessary care. HSK prides itself as a world class hospital based in Wiesbaden, Germany.
The President’s wife was treated for food poisoning for days in Nigeria without any improvement in her condition until she was transferred to the German hospital, where she was diagnosed for appendicitis and subsequently undergone surgery. Sources close to the Presidency told National Mirror that there was no cause for anxiety over her health, saying that she would soon return to the country. When contacted yesterday, her Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Ayo Oshinlu, said: “I don’t have fresh information and nobody is going to put a gun on my head and force me to talk.” On when the First Lady would return to the country, Oshinlu said: “I don’t know, I don’t have any information on that. You don’t expect me to call her and ask her; when are you returning? “Ours is to ensure everything is in order to receive her once her return is made known to us. I do not have fresh information on that.” Sources told National Mirror that Mrs. Jonathan contracted food poisoning in Dubai while another source said she suffered ruptured appendix. While there are divergent views on the nature of her ill-health, Presidency sources confirmed that she had been receiving treatment in a German hospital, Horst Schmidt Klinik, in Wiesbaden.
The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was treated for kidney ailment at the Horst Schmidt Klinik. “The First Lady is in stable health and not in any medical danger,” a Presidency source told National Mirror yesterday. “The First Lady had severe appendicitis and she had undergone surgery. She is in a stable condition.”
The handling of information on the health status of the First Lady by the Presidency is akin to how information on the nature of ailment of the late President Yar’Adua and his whereabouts were treated. Oshinlu said Nigerian media should not rely on online mediums known for peddling falsehood, stressing that “I can tell you authoritatively that the First Lady was not lifted by any air ambulance to anywhere.
All those things are lies.” An impeccable source told National Mirror that the wife of the President successfully undergone surgery for appendicitis in HSK last week. Appendicitis, according to Wikipedia, is a condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix. It is classified as a medical emergency and many cases require removal of the inflamed appendix, either by laparotomy or laparoscopy.
Untreated, mortality is high, mainly because of the risk of rupture leading to peritonitis and shock. Narrating what exactly happened before Mrs. Jonathan was flown out of the country, the Presidency source, who did not want his name mentioned, said Dame Patience actually complained about her health condition and that the Presidency’s health team came quickly to her aid to stabilise her.
The source added that when the efforts proved fruitless, the office of the National Security Adviser, Dansuki Sambo, was immediately contacted on Friday, August 24 to make emergency arrangement for a flight to Italy where she was expected to be treated at a specialist hospital.
The source also disclosed that though conscious efforts were made to airlift the First Lady, getting permit to fly European skies was said to have frustrated the move until sometime around midnight when a positive response was obtained from the German authorities.
The source, however, told National Mirror yesterday that immediately after the green-light, a presidential jet departed Abuja on Saturday, August 25 to Frankfurt with the wife of the President and a few aides who were believed to be very loyal. The source added that upon arrival at Frankfurt, the ailing First Lady was taken to Wiesbaden where she was admitted. He said: “I am aware that she contacted food poisoning in Dubai.
We really can’t say exactly what she ate in Dubai which resulted in the ailment. “But as soon as it was becoming difficult to get her stabilised here, we were advised to fly her to Bologna, Italy, where a particular hospital is said to be good in handling such matters. “Because it was an emergency case and there was no assurance that a permit would be granted for the team to fly European skies that night, we were still thinking of an alternative until word came from the German authorities that we could fly in the next day.
“Calls were made to those asked to be on the alert for a journey to Italy that they would now be flying to Germany. The team left for Frankfurt the next day, Saturday, August 25 and Madam was then taken to Wiesbaden where she is currently undergoing treatment.” Asked why there was no official statement on the matter, another source said:”I really can’t say but there is no truth in the rumour that ‘she underwent any operation. Before she left, the medical team was sure it was food poisoning which came out of what she probably ate in Dubai.
I am not in the media team of the First Lady and therefore would not know why a statement was not issued. “All I know is that the First Lady is recuperating and even shook hands with some of the aides that followed her to Germany before she was admitted. She never flew out in an air ambulance but in an official Presidential jet. “
Another Presidency source though confirmed to National Mirror yesterday that Dame Patience is not in any medical danger, he however denied the food poisoning story emphatically. His words: “She is on vacation and if somebody is on vacation and she decides to see her doctor, I don’t think there is anything wrong in that decision.
“The First Lady is in stable health and not in any medical danger, she has been working all this while and now taking time to rest,” the source added. However, the source would not disclose where Dame Jonathan is taking time to rest during the said vacation or when she is likely to return to the country. “All the stories that she was airlifted in air ambulance and that she is critical ill are not true. She walked into the aircraft by herself unaided,” the source said.
“How will somebody who people say is in very critical health condition or be able to board an aircraft all by herself ?” the source said. There has not been any official statement from the office of the First Lady over the issue since the story broke out during the weekend. But her Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Ayo Oshilu had last Sunday said that Mrs. Jonathan’s foreign trip was just a vacation to take time off to rest and not for any medical treatment.
Horst Schmidt Klinik specialises in the following medical fields: General and Visceral Surgery; Gastroenterology; Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery; Cardiology Neurosurgery; Thoracic Surgery; Trauma, Hand and Orthopaedic Surgery. The hospital has 21 specialist clinics, four institutes and 1027 beds. It offers its patients a very sophisticated and high quality range of treatments for the necessary care. HSK prides itself as a world class hospital based in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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